Re: [Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] RE: [why schools don't adopt OSS]]

[John Hansknecht <jhansknecht@hanstech.com>]

Dave,

I'm in the midst of an assignment to buy our school a new PBX, but I am still 
working slowly on the software analysis.  I know that I owe Doug Loss a list 
of the Microsoft/Windows software we use along with it's functionality.  Doug 
was going to work on a list of OSS alternatives.  Meanwhile I am lurking and 
learning.  I am regularly checking out the web sites mentioned by the folks 
working on Schoolforge.  Once I get heavier into the project next quarter I 
will follow up here as I run into specific information needs.

Thanks for your concern,


John

On Wednesday 12 December 2001 05:28 pm, David Johnson wrote:
> John Hansknecht wrote:
> >Hello, my name is John Hansknecht, and I work as the
> >Director of Technology at a private (non-profit)
> >school in Detroit, Michigan (USA).  I am brand new
> >to the SEUL list.
> >Our school, through the generosity of some alumni, is
> >currently a Microsoft house (Windows NT.)  I am now looking
> >at the new Microsoft licensing and the hardware upgrades
> >required for Windows XP and recently I have begun raising
> >the red flag here at school regarding are future with
> >Microsoft.  I am working on a cost/benefit analysis of
> >maintaining our current configuration versus "the
> >alternatives".  For these alternatives I am leaning
> >heavily toward a Linux/Open Source solution.
> >What would I need to convince folks here to switch
> >to open source?
>
> John, how is this going?
> Later in your message you made a number of interesting points.  Are
> you still pursuing this?  Do you have the help you need?
>
> Regards,
> -David Johnston
> david@johnstons.net